POLISH DANTISM: BETWEEN EPIC AND ETHICS This essay proposes a synthesis of the major themes and issues of Polish Dantism, with a particular reference to the 20th century and beyond. The author retraces the traditional motifs which connect 20th-century authors to the Romantic tradition, and discusses some examples (Gombrowicz, Vincenz, Miłosz) in a broader comparative context (referring specifically to Eliot, Mandelstam, Brodsky). The author argues that the Modernist ethical idea of “necessary Dante” tends to be gradually replaced by a Postmodernist notion of “aesthetic Dante,” with a flowering of new translations—not only of the Divina Commedia. These works restore a balance between Polish literary Dantism and Dante studies. In this sense, the Polish situation displays a lot of similarity to the European and international context, abundant with trends and concerns which go far beyond those of a national language and literature.

Polish Dantism between Epic and Ethics / Marinelli, Luigi. - In: ROCZNIKI HUMANISTYCZNE. - ISSN 0035-7707. - Volume 66, issue 1 – 2018:(2018), pp. 33-71. [10.18290/rh.2018.66.1-3e]

Polish Dantism between Epic and Ethics

Luigi Marinelli
2018

Abstract

POLISH DANTISM: BETWEEN EPIC AND ETHICS This essay proposes a synthesis of the major themes and issues of Polish Dantism, with a particular reference to the 20th century and beyond. The author retraces the traditional motifs which connect 20th-century authors to the Romantic tradition, and discusses some examples (Gombrowicz, Vincenz, Miłosz) in a broader comparative context (referring specifically to Eliot, Mandelstam, Brodsky). The author argues that the Modernist ethical idea of “necessary Dante” tends to be gradually replaced by a Postmodernist notion of “aesthetic Dante,” with a flowering of new translations—not only of the Divina Commedia. These works restore a balance between Polish literary Dantism and Dante studies. In this sense, the Polish situation displays a lot of similarity to the European and international context, abundant with trends and concerns which go far beyond those of a national language and literature.
2018
Dante/Dantism; Dante studies; tradition; Polish literature; comparative literature
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Polish Dantism between Epic and Ethics / Marinelli, Luigi. - In: ROCZNIKI HUMANISTYCZNE. - ISSN 0035-7707. - Volume 66, issue 1 – 2018:(2018), pp. 33-71. [10.18290/rh.2018.66.1-3e]
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